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Passeig de Gràcia

It links Plaça de Catalunya with the Gràcia district over 1.6 kilometres. It began as a country track and was inaugurated as a promenade in 1827; with the Cerdà Plan it reached a width of 61 metres. Between 1900 and 1914 several Modernista houses were built here: Casa Amatller (Puig i Cadafalch, 1900), Casa Lleó Morera (Domènech i Montaner, 1905), Casa Batlló (Gaudí, 1906) and La Pedrera (Gaudí, 1912). The first three form the Block of Discord. The street furniture is historic too: Pere Falqués designed the wrought-iron and trencadís bench-lampposts in 1906, and Gaudí designed the hexagonal paving with plant motifs. At the top end, beside the Jardinets de Gràcia, the perspective is closed by Casa Fuster, by Domènech i Montaner (1911), and in the lower stretch, at number 27, stands Casa Malagrida, with its dome. Beneath the avenue run the metro and the trains of the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat.

Things to do at Passeig de Gràcia: 3 missions

• Find the hexagonal panot designed by GaudíLook down at the pavements and find the hexagonal tiles with plant motifs that Gaudí designed.
• Walk the Block of DiscordCompare, on the same block, the façades of Casa Amatller, Casa Lleó Morera and Casa Batlló, three styles from the early 20th century.
• Sit on one of Pere Falqués' bench-lamppostsFind one of the 1906 bench-lampposts, with a trencadís seat and a wrought-iron frame, and look at its details up close.

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Source: Web oficial - Barcelona Turisme